{"id":25424,"date":"2025-11-28T04:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/guatemala-turns-to-us-for-apparel-imports-as-chinas-lead-narrows\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T04:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T04:35:19","slug":"guatemala-turns-to-us-for-apparel-imports-as-chinas-lead-narrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/guatemala-turns-to-us-for-apparel-imports-as-chinas-lead-narrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala turns to US for apparel imports as China&#8217;s lead narrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/306\/shutterstock-1793204470_318341.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>During January\u2013August <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, Guatemala imported apparel worth $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million, rising sharply from $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million in the corresponding period of <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>. China remained the largest supplier with $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million, accounting for <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent of the market, though its share slipped from <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent a year earlier and remained well below the <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent peak recorded in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, according to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre&lt;span class=\" startxt=\"\">*fashion.com\/market-intelligence\/texpro-textile-and-apparel\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;sourcing intelligence tool TexPro.<\/a><\/strong> China\u2019s declining share reflects rising freight volatility, labour cost escalations, and growing preference for nearshore manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The trade data shows that China has failed to regain its earlier dominance of a <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent market share last recorded in <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, while the United States has steadily expanded its position to more than <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent this year supported by regional trade advantages under CAFTA-DR and brands\u2019 efforts to reduce over-dependence on Asia.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/guatemala-turns-to-us-for-apparel-imports-as-china-s-lead-narrows-306753-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During January\u2013August ****, Guatemala imported apparel worth $***.*** million, rising sharply from $***.*** million in the corresponding period of ****. China remained the largest supplier with $**.*** million, accounting for **.** per cent of the market, though its share slipped from **.** per cent a year earlier and remained well below the ** per cent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}